Lyoto Machida and Anderson Silva Nominated for “Best Fighter” ESPY
UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and middleweight champion Anderson Silva have been nominated for ESPN’s 2009 ESPY award for Best Fighter. Boxers Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley will also be competing for the award.
Fans can support Machida and Silva by voting at espys.tv.
Machida (15-0) is 2-0 in 2009 with a first-round knockout of Thiago Silva and a second-round knockout of previous title-holder Rashad Evans. He’s scheduled to fight Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in October at UFC 104.
Silva (24-4) has looked lackluster in his most-recent title defenses, defeating Patrick Cote in October after Cote was unable to continue due to a knee injury and topping Thales Leites by unanimous decision in April in his most-recent fight. “The Spider” will move up to 205-pounds for his next fight against former champion Forrest Griffin in August at UFC 101.
[Pictured: Lyoto Machida]
Tags: Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida
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Really you cannot pick a loser here. Mosely did very well against Margarito. Pacman demolished the Hitman. Lyoto breezed past Rashad and Silva has held onto his belt no matter how poor he was. I think the hype surrounding Manny will get him this award. Well, he would be my choice.
manny nor mosely deserve this award theyre not fighters theyre boxers, a year ago i would of given it to anderson, but i think i would go machida now.
They’re not fighters they’re Boxers???? By chance what do you think a boxer does? I really hope you weren’t serious…
“manny nor mosely deserve this award theyre not fighters theyre boxers”
wow are you serious dude?
not only are they fighters, theyre two of the best in the world.
i am by far a bigger mma fan, but ill admit that pacquiao can kick some serious a$$.
i think lyoto or anderson should win the award but they wont. i would bet on manny takin it home
anderson silva has got 2 win this !!! i no his last couple of fights have been boring and poor but still he has been a amazing fighter in every aspect of fighting !!!
forrest vs silva will be a good fight and no chance this fight can be boring !!!
Lyoto is my pick hes been on fire this year and Silva hasn’t been very impressive.
Manny is an awesome fighter. But being an mma fan, I would obviousy vote for either machida or silva. Silva has been my Favourite fighter for quite some Time but machida is dominant and in my opinion, should walk away with this award hands down.
I think it’s funny that someone critiqued Anderson Silvas performance when Anderson Silva’s mini me could beat you down. I can appreciate Anderson Silvas style. He’s methodical, and very strategic with his striking, and over-all fighting. I think it’s dumb that some people expect blood and gore; a non-stop bout when that isn’t what M.M.A is about. It’s a chess match.
no mma fighter ever wins on the espys so look for pacman to take it
Silva has looked bad because one of his opponents got hurt.. and it wasnt that bad a fight up until that point and one he probably would have finished.. and he got matched with Thales Leites, who laid on his back the whole fight.
(No fighter bashing. – Justin)
i completly agree with the Silva comment, machida has gotten wayyyy better at being exciting to watch. I think I would have thrown GSP in there as a candidate intsteadof Silva after those two crap fights he had. I think Silva will rebound big when he fights Griffin cause he’ll have no choice but to bang. Griffin isn’t going in there looking for the fight to go to decision.
I believe because of the hype Manny gets this award. Plus manny has developed and proven he is p4p the best boxer right now.
A. Silva would be my pick because of his incredible win streak and title fights and moving up in weight 2x and he is IMO the worlds best fighter MMA that is.
S. Mosley is a peoples fighter and Champ. He is stlyle and true class and has and will fight only the best. My type of champion.
L. Machida yeah this has been a great year for him so far, but I just cant give him the award over the other champs yet…
First, I automatically ruled out the boxers just because I wanted to vote for an MMA fighter. Then I voted for Machida because the ESPYs are supposed to be a year by year type award, and IMO Machida was better than Anderson this year.
Pacman will probably get the award due to the way he won his last fight, and like it or not more ESPN voters will take the boxer over the MMA fighter.
Mosley should win the way he beat Margacheato down was a thing of beauty but it’s obvious Manny wins so he beat a seriously weight drained De La Hoya and a mentally unstable Hatton i don’t think those victories are pretty hollow are no where near the level of beating the cheat.